Health & Wellbeing Disclaimer

Horizon offers educational information, personal reflection and general wellbeing practices. It does not provide medical diagnosis, individualised treatment, therapy or any replacement for professional healthcare. Nothing you read or hear on Horizon should be treated as advice about your own health, and nothing here should lead you to delay, change or stop treatment from a qualified professional.

If you have a health concern, a diagnosis, or you are taking medication, please speak to your GP, pharmacist or another suitably qualified professional before acting on anything you read here. Nothing on Horizon is written for your individual circumstances, and no page here sets out to treat or cure a named condition.

Horizon writes about subjects where the evidence varies a great deal, from well studied to genuinely speculative. Rather than smoothing over that, we label it. Every piece of research and every practice carries a lens: research-supported, emerging, experiential, philosophical or practical. Where a subject has been assessed, the strength of the evidence is stated too, using one of these:

• Stronger human evidence for approaches supported by consistent human research.
• Promising but limited for early but genuinely encouraging findings.
• Early stage for small or preliminary studies that have not yet been replicated.
• Insufficient evidence where the claims are ahead of the research.
• Mixed evidence where results point in different directions.

Where something is offered as personal exploration, a tradition or a philosophy rather than as established science, we say so. If a subject is genuinely speculative, we will tell you that too, rather than dressing it up as settled science. If you ever find something on Horizon presented as proven when it is not, please tell us at ian@widehorizon.app and we will look at it.

Horizon writes about approaches such as breathing practices, heart-brain coherence, plant preparations and herbs, pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, red light and light therapy, sound and vibration, and other complementary ways of working with the body. These are areas of active research and long human experience, and we write about them with interest.

They are not presented as proven medical treatments, and we do not suggest any of them as a treatment for a particular condition. Where a claim is not established, we describe it as what it is: an area of research, a personal practice, or an experience people report. Horizon does not sell, prescribe or supply herbs, supplements or devices, and we do not recommend any product for a medical purpose.

Some practices involve deliberately changing your breathing, your attention, or your exposure to light, sound or electromagnetic fields. They suit some people and not others, and they are not suitable for everyone. Please take professional advice first if any of the following apply to you: you are pregnant; you have a heart, circulatory, respiratory or blood pressure condition; you have epilepsy, photosensitivity or a seizure history; you have an implanted device such as a pacemaker; you have a psychiatric condition or a history of panic or dissociation; you have recently had surgery; or you take regular medication, including for mental health. Herbs and supplements can interact with medication, so please check with a pharmacist or doctor before using them.

When you try anything, stop if you feel unwell, dizzy, breathless, panicky or uncomfortable, and seek help if it continues. Go at the pace that suits you and skip anything that does not feel right.

Horizon is not a crisis service and we cannot respond to an emergency. If you need urgent help, contact your GP, call NHS 111, or call 999 in an emergency. Samaritans are available on 116 123 at any hour, on any day. Please reach out to someone qualified who can be with you.

Some contributions and conversations come from independent practitioners. They are introduced as individuals rather than as Horizon staff. They are responsible for the accuracy of what they share, for their qualifications, and for keeping within their own professional standards and insurance. If what a practitioner says to you conflicts with what a doctor tells you, the doctor's advice comes first.

You know your own body and circumstances better than any page can. Horizon gives you material, practices and questions to work with; what you do with them is your choice, and you are responsible for it. That is, in the end, the whole point of Horizon: a life without compromise is one you decide on yourself.